"PS: Tomorrow a friend's child will have a 100-day drink. I will start adding more updates the day after tomorrow. I hope you can forgive me..."
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Sure enough, about a stick of incense later, a scene that made people laugh couldn't help but happen in the courtyard of the Shang County government office: Shang Xun, who was in his seventies, chased his disciple, who was also the magistrate of Shang County, with a cane.
Kou Zheng.
"Stop!...You bastard, a confused fool! How dare you lie to me and say you deserve to be on the list...Stop!"
"Teacher, teacher, calm down."
"You, you, make me so angry!...The opportunity to shine at the top of your family's family was within your reach, but you..."
On the side, Zhao Hongrun was leaning at the door of the wing, looking at the pair of teachers and students with the clan guards with amused faces.
After a while, Zhao Hongrun saw that Shang Xun was out of breath. Considering the old man's physical condition, Zhao Hongrun glanced at Zong Wei Zhou Pu.
Zhou Pu understood and immediately stepped forward to persuade him.
In fact, when Shang Xun was chasing Kou Zheng, there were many people watching in the courtyard. For example, Shang Yang, another disciple of Shang Xun in the opposite room, stood aside and watched with worry, but did not dare to step forward to dissuade him.
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Reminiscent of the time when Zhao Hongrun saw Shang Xun for the first time, Shang Xun hit the young people on the head with a cane, but those young people had fun and flattering expressions on their faces. It is not difficult to see that Shang Xun's popularity in this city is extremely high.
"Hoo, ho."
Under the dissuasion of Zongwei Zhou Pu, Shang Xun finally stopped. After all, in his eyes, Zhao Hongrun was a person of noble status, and he still had to give me his face.
"Come here, old man!"
After adjusting his breath, Shangxun leaned on his crutch and cursed.
Kou Zheng did not dare to disobey and walked over with a stern look on his face.
"Shang Yang, come here too." Shang Xun shouted to Shang Yang in the opposite room.
"Yes." Shang Yang responded, walked over, and gave Kou Zheng a helpless look.
At this time, Shang Xun had invited Zhao Hongrun into the house, and said to the latter: "His Royal Highness King Su, I have three incompetent disciples. If Your Highness thinks that these three people can be cultivated, let them follow His Highness to Fen.
Damn it."
Hearing this, Kou Zheng frowned and said, "Teacher, you..."
"Shut up!" Shang Xun shouted.
Kou Zhengsui did not dare to speak.
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Kou Zheng. Naturally, Kou Zheng was just hindered by the order of his mentor Shang Xun and was not necessarily willing to do so.
So, after he invited Shang Xun to take a seat, he said with a smile: "My father-in-law understands righteousness very well, and I admire him... I once thought that Mr. Kou was a rare sage, but until I met my father-in-law today, this king
Suddenly, my father-in-law is the great sage hiding in the mountains and forests... Xiao Wang has taken the liberty to recommend me to be the county magistrate of Fenyin and Puban. I wonder if I am willing to submit?"
After hearing this, Shang Xun, Kou Zheng, and Shang Yang all looked at Zhao Hongrun with surprise.
In fact, these three people knew clearly what Zhao Hongrun was doing: If Shangxun went to Fenyin and Puban, where else could Kou Zheng go?
"Old man?" Shang Xun shook his head and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness Prince Su is ridiculously complimentary. How can I be so virtuous and capable as an old man?... Let the young people follow you, Your Highness. As for the old man..."
Although he did not finish speaking, I believe everyone present understood what Shang Xun meant: he hoped to stay in Shangcheng and be buried with his wife and children after his death.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun said seriously: "Old man, this is what Xiao Wang thinks... Shangcheng is secluded. Although the scenery is good, the roads to the outside world are inconvenient. Fenyin and Puban are important places. However, last year,
Several cities in the western part of Hedong County were attacked by Koreans and Qin people. At this time, all kinds of businesses are waiting for prosperity, and it is the time to hire people. Therefore, although my father-in-law is old and powerful, Xiao Wang also hopes that my father-in-law can surrender."
As he spoke, without waiting for Shang Xun, Kou Zheng and others to speak, he emphatically stated the importance of the two cities Fenyin and Puban, even exaggerating to the point of saying, "If Fenyin and Puban are damaged, the Wei Dynasty will definitely destroy them."
"Decline" made Shang Xun want to interrupt several times, but in the end he couldn't say anything.
"...Since we, the Wei Dynasty, will take over the land west of Hexi, Fenyin and Puban will be the most important areas at that time. The Qiang and Hu from Hexi may gather people to counterattack, seize our territory in the Wei Dynasty, and kill our people in the east of Hedong.
At this time, it is precisely when a respected person like my father-in-law is needed to come forward and comfort him.
People's hearts...Besides, Fenyin and Puban have just been hit by war, and there are many orphans in the city. If my father-in-law can teach these orphans like he teaches the villagers here, after a few years, Fenyin and Puban will become Hedong's strongholds.
Cheng. I hope my father-in-law will agree."
Saying that, Zhao Hongrun stood up and surrendered, and was defeated. Shang Xun was shocked and quickly got up to dodge.
Looking at the sincere face of Zhao Hongrun, Shang Xun was quite moved even though he knew the true intention of His Highness: after all, he was just a commoner, and the other party was a nobleman from the royal family. The nobleman from the royal family bent down to salute him, a commoner.
How not to make him moved.
At this moment, Shang Xun was thinking to himself: How about just accepting this matter?
After all, in his opinion, when His Highness King Su asked him to serve as the county magistrate of Fenyin and Puban, it was most likely just a polite word. The person whom the other party valued should be his protégé Kou Zheng.
In other words, even if Shangxun arrived in Fenyin and Puban, he could still be as leisurely as before, teaching the children next door how to read and write, and waiting for the end of his life.
only……
Thinking that his ancestors had lived here for generations, and that his wife and children were also buried here, Shang Xun inevitably showed a hint of hesitation on his face.
As if seeing the hesitation in Shang Xun's heart, Zhao Hongrun said: "Old man, if you are concerned about the ancestral temple and ancestral tomb, Xiao Wang can send someone to move to Fenyin, or send someone to take care of it. Even, Xiao Wang can send someone to look after it.
Build a mountain road from Shangxian County to Zhiyi and name it "Shanggong Trail"."
"..." Shang Xun, Kou Zheng, and Shang Yang looked at Zhao Hongrun in surprise.
For no reason, it was just because Zhao Hongrun saw Shang Xun's concerns.
For a whole while, the room was completely silent.
After a long time, Shang Xun took a breath and said seriously: "It's hard to refuse such kindness. Your Highness Prince Su has treated you so well, and I have nothing to repay. I am willing to take three of my disciples and hundreds of neighboring households to move to Fenyin. As for the ancestral graves of Lao Chen's family, just
Not working hard
The officers and men of your army have taken care of me. I, a man of the Wei Dynasty, should have made meritorious deeds on the battlefield. How can I waste my time by the tomb? There is no need to build the mountain path. If all the neighbors move to Fenyin, this mountain road will not be used.
As for Shang County..."
Speaking of this, Shang Xun looked a little sad. After all, he also knew that once everyone in Shang County moved to Fenyin, this mountain city would definitely be abandoned.
While Shang Xun was at it, Lu Zhan from the Shang Shui Army came here at some unknown time and was leaning against the door to eavesdrop. When he heard this, he interrupted: "Your Highness, if not this Shang County will let me Tianmen."
Let the pass be used to garrison troops, the general will think it is a good stronghold."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun asked Shang Xun for instructions: "What do you want me to do?"
Shang Xun's frown gradually relaxed: if the merchant navy at Tianmen Pass used Shang County to garrison troops, Shang County would naturally be able to avoid the fate of being abandoned, which made him very happy.
Later, Zhao Hongrun asked Kou Zheng what he meant.
Kou Zheng looked at Zhao Hongrun for a long time, and finally just nodded: His teacher has approved this matter, what else can he say?
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun was very happy.
While he was overjoyed, he couldn't help but feel a little proud.
As the saying goes, a gentleman can be deceived, as long as he uses the right method and speaks frankly. Gentlemen like Shang Xun and Kou Zheng are actually the easiest to persuade.
The next day, Shang Xun gathered the villagers in Shang County to the open space in front of the government office and informed the villagers of the decision to relocate.
After learning that the village would be relocated to Fenyin, although the villagers in Shang County were a little reluctant to leave, they all agreed in the end.
Among them, those young people in their teens and twenties were extremely excited when they heard that they could move to a big city in the future. They shouted "No need to build roads" without hesitation. As a result, the angry Shang Xun hit him hard with a cane.
A few times.
On that day, Zhao Hongrun and Shang Xun made a decision after discussion: Zhao Hongrun would first take Kou Zheng, Shang Yang and another Shang Xun disciple to Fenyin, while Shang Xun would pack up his belongings with the villagers and then go
Fenyin.
During this period, although Shang Xun tried his best to refuse, Zhao Hongrun still ordered Tianmen Pass guard general Lu Zhan to send 500 soldiers to escort him.
The next day, Zhao Hongrun wrote a letter in his own hand and sent someone to report to Daliang Chui Gong Hall. In the letter, he stated the matter and planned to move dozens of villagers from Shang County to Fenyin and use Shang County as a garrison base at Tianmen Pass.
It has to be said that it is really a fuss to report to the imperial court for such a matter. After all, Shangxian County is so small that the imperial court does not even know that there is such a mountain city in the Taihang Mountains to the north of Zhiyi, in the corners of the mountains.
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The reason for doing this is just out of respect for the residents of Shang County. Otherwise, for the imperial court, it would not matter at all whether there was one more or one less earth city like this.
You know, the residents of Shang County have not paid taxes in these years. You can imagine the situation of this mountain city.
Perhaps, even the county magistrate of Zhiyi, the nearest city, did not know that there was a mountain city nearby.
After reporting the matter to the court, Zhao Hongrun took Kou Zheng and Shang Yang to Fenyin.
When he passed by Zhiyi during this period, he sent someone to take Shang Xun's last recognized disciple "Mu Ziyong" into the army. This man was also quite interesting. Shang Xun said that this man set up a stall in Zhiyi to copy books and write letters for others.
, as a result, the soldiers of the Yanling Army came to the place and took a look. This disciple of Shang Xun was giving a fortune teller to a fat-bellied rich man, and made the rich man call him a god.
"Master Kou's expression remains unchanged. Could it be that he is still blaming me?"
On the way to Fenyin, Zhao Hongrun saw that Kou Zheng looked bad, but he asked.
Kou Zheng took a deep look at Zhao Hongrun, shook his head and said: "His Royal Highness Prince Su is a royal noble, but he can still treat the virtuous and corporal. How can Kou have any reason to complain? It's just..."
"Just what?" Zhao Hongrun asked curiously.
Kou Zheng pondered for a moment after hearing this, then he stretched his eyebrows and shook his head and said: "No, it's nothing... That's fine. Since the teacher's only son accidentally fell into the mountain stream and died, even though the teacher never mentioned it, we all know what he has in mind.
Grief, Shang Yang and I,
Mu Ziyong and his neighbors and their neighbors planned to build that mountain road, firstly to make it easier to travel back and forth, and secondly, they also hoped to appease the regrets in the teacher's heart..." At this point, he turned to look at Zhao Hongrun and asked: "
Does His Highness Prince Su really want to hire a tutor?"
As if he had read Kou Zheng's thoughts, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "Don't worry, Master Kou, I will fund and build a bookstore in Fenyin, let Shang Gong serve as the headmaster, teach the young children in Fenyin, let Shang Gong
I have no time to think about my wife and children..."
Zhao Hongrun naturally understands that for people with inner trauma, the best way to heal is to keep them busy and have no time to think.
Isn't it because of this that Shang Xun taught the children in the neighborhood?
As a result, I taught a Hongde who ranked first on the gold medal list for 16 years.
"Good!" Kou Zheng nodded gratefully, then looked at Zhao Hongrun and solemnly bowed his hands in salute: "Thank you, Your Highness!"
Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly, but did not take the opportunity to propose recruiting Kou Zheng.
Because, as long as Kou Zheng is willing to take up the post of Fenyin County Magistrate, he will inevitably be labeled as a member of the King's Supress Party.